Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-31

tonic RIFLES, who were awarded the NTH. and the
H HiIn would go TO the indianapolis Light Infantry
the tr 80, " .ne Na.aona es IN speahne
~ S,d o saa tnat Ine poVest was irregular a!
the Wasbtnto ,,oin Gaptf Mon, AZ a,,S nanuee
The nrosaS1 NV LsnU aasfy uIi company
fhon6ht fr,r w W Vi ~ nt Coiiie ny
thonSht r. st.nr woi; ne eSot VI oaP.. Ross He
came fron sOo sna. es enay pIo.esG nlee
was ny, an soo Coinpany; anu tna1 Ina1 protes!
drilled and 1t was apparent that they had secured
GeIIer place Than the Light Infantry.
dav that the al ee an h 70
| Henry w. Garrett who represented the R,fes
was irregular, as 1t did not come from the Officer
In command. $50 far as the National Rifles art
concerned" said Lieut.. Evans 1--WE do not care fol
the thousand dollars. Our company was the only
| military organization that contributed money tt
the DILL, and we are willing to give the thousand
dollars just as cheerfully as we gave our first con.
tribution. We got our rating as to how we stood
In the drill In the opinion OF the judges, and nc
protest can affect that"
considerable feeling about the action Of the Infan.
try, got some satisfaction last night by getting up
new company cry, which was shouted wherever
q few National Ri6emen got together It ran:
"Four from eight leaves four:
twice four are eight;
uf-eieVen-lor'y-lour."
the Rifles were NO 4, and the washington Light
N'' g III 'ne hs' iiaoe up oy the JUDGES
CAPT. ROSS HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
nothtno ~ COW ahomt tno 800. 49,: UPS, Ma'
notnlng 70 say ABOUT the protest against the Ma
| tfonal Rifles. He said to STAR reporter to-day
that he was not in any way identified with the
matter. He did not make the protest ana was not
In any way identified with it. He simply signed
the paper in his official capacity as Commanding
0mcer OF the competing company, swas his duty.
mav have paerG s Tho aoUh hoa any 1aaI ne
settled by those IN authority "''S' "'A' 0e
~, ,,oon,
~, VI, n No. so,, ~ So, sA rs.
W. w. y. aoO.S oaiu 'o-uay W STAR reporlel
tnat ne knew nothing about Lieut.. cash's protest
made as it was entirely a comnanv matter ana
not battalion matter. He S knew. 6oWeVer t aat
not sqs c iss ss SSs
thev were aiiowe tn amear IN comnettian haTora
the matter was decided Eoi Woora tbnuoht ,Wat
they were entitled to stand "a rated nv the tudaes
oI Woore ss u ~ ~ o. entr MY w .nv
Slars q TIE eo1sToyeTsy ana hurried on to deposit
f,oi 1tonro ssiI thf ~ o tht 70 ,o,,o,,,,
h,s haItaion oeneranv s,,nnnr+ed Iha e in GU
oud na1 now Uu No nshad os tSa H1 prp1esC
now All over ~ pN'A'1' q" 'n0 pn1en' d.
-'0" "'N VIVA
HOW THE CASE STANDS.
zen. ordwaS SAID TINS afternoon That the matter
OF the protest made by Lieut. Cash against the
or1l OF the Natonal Rnes wasln the same state, SO
lar as ne knew, as yesterday the papers had been
SEM OYSTER OF inc knes ior reply, and had
not YET 6een returned TO the committee
Gen. OruWay SAID u was matter 10 De settled
by the executive committee
Another member OF the executive committee
SAID tnat the matter had not yet come before the
washington Light Infantrymen that it would M not
be pressed.
IrKrr cAsH's STATEMENT
Iieut Cash of m r w Il Corns who filed
the protest said TO star renorter this arternoon
that he had norhine to retract. the state
ment he had made had heen nroved
by the witnesses he produced, and
Dy Lieut.. keech's own admission. 81 have, he
sa a. mo personal teenng IN inns matter ana 90
ceiyine the money I want the facts Of the case
to be known, though, SO that it will be on
record just by what means they got the
money. There is another thing you can
state. am not alonein this matter: am backed
Lieut. Cash said that his protest was not filed after
the Rifles drilled, but was Med on Satur-
The Rifies, he said ought not to have been allowed
to 60 into the drill. Lieut.. Cash was this after
noon preparing statement to send to the
ceiving the prize awarded them, but not with
rurp Ip,rsprp1v
Can't OYSTER this , AZ arter unS n.d rrono,oa
send it to the committee as soon as
NJ corrott tho oonnsa, ~ rho ao,,, n -
looked il oysf; broom vas ran up 70 the Top P Of
svi Th T =, III Tho a h mauo9 s, AioIy aasC
Carried on PennsVivanis avenue after Tue ,r,e
~a " 90 tSsn ~ aaOmuo a.Ss I1e pre-
gha Tnfantry at the Gar re Ia}g "'n tne
AAe"o AnA"n'i' az VIC ""AAoiu i1ii'
A Talk With Col. Black.
he CONSIDERS THE DRILL HIGHLY sucorssrr,-uow
THE coMre1TroRs WERE JunGrn' nv"
The ARMY of,icers who have servad o. i,d,,o. =.
Inc Army oinoeis WIZ nave served as JUDGES OF
the drill during the week will leave Washington
tonight. Headed by Col Black they called upon
Gen. sheridan this morning and naid their no.
snects before leaving Col R,acS po em n,aSs
specss oeao'e 'easAuS. Coi. BLACK VINO was preSa-
dent OF the board, in conversation with STAR re-
porter to-day said, .sT'he dr1u has proved a conn
n,eta success frorn q rn,l,tarv ,.raro,rt 90 800,
49, 49, 49, onaros :. 's".upn., auu oo.n
those VINO managed ana those who par.
ttc1pated In IL are deserving OF great credit.
Inc dlnerent competing organizations showed
themselves Wel-verSeo In tactics, and many of
them executed Cne program with remarkable sue
cess. The pubic was doubtless. surprised at
some OF the AWARDS as some o. the COMPANIES who
were rated low ma0e tne DeSt impression upon the
military n.srpIstSIionn OF miitary tactics: In
severai instances I1e DosI enects were produced
on the grand stand 0y little attractive extras that
d1d not belong 70 tne program, ana mad nothing to
do with the 0n1ciA rating. On the other hand
some OF the required , movements Were executed ir